CMS Participation in External Organizations

The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to participate in the broader communities of mathematics, publishing, and academia. The communities listed below are not organized by us, but the CMS participates in their discussions or activities.

The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) is a non-profit organization that aims to expand the frontiers of mathematical knowledge through focused research projects, sponsored conferences, and other projects.

A not-for-profit network founded on publisher collaboration, with a mandate to make reference linking throughout online scholarly literature efficient and reliable. As such, it is an infrastructure for linking citations across publishers, and the only full-scale implementation of the Digital Object Identifier (or DOI) System to date.

The International Mathematical Union (IMU) is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, with the purpose of promoting international cooperation in mathematics.

The CMS International Affairs Committee acts as the Canadian National Committee to the IMU. The committee communicates the views of the Canadian mathematical community on relevant issues to the IMU, promotes the capabilities and strengths of Canadian mathematics internationally, and provides information to the Canadian Mathematical Community about the IMU's position on relevant issues and IMU activities. In addition, the Committee selects the official delegates to attend the meeting of the General Assembly of the IMU, which is held once every four years.

The inaugural Mathematical Congress of the Americas will take place in Guanajuato, Mexico, August 5-9, 2013. The goal of the Congress is to highlight the excellence of mathematical achievements in the Americas within the context of the international arena, and foster collaborations among researchers, students, institutions and mathematical societies in the Americas.

The Mathematics-NSERC Liaison Committee seeks to represent the Canadian mathematics community to NSERC and react on behalf of the mathematics community to issues that arise. The committee is independent of any other organization or professional society and its members are a broadly representative sample of the Canadian mathematics community.

The Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence recognize the efforts of outstanding teachers in all disciplines, promote what they have achieved, and share the their innovative and successful teaching practices.

The Canadian Mathematical Society is a participating organization in the selection process for the awards.